Good MorningEquity markets hovered near recent highs for another day as investors and traders awaited fresh clues about the market’s direction. Among the questions to be answered are the impact of tariffs, the outcome of trade negotiations, the trajectory of inflation, and the pace of FOMC interest rate normalization. As it is, the answers to these questions will not likely be known until much later in the year, leaving uncertainty at a maximum and the S&P 500 in danger of sharp movements, knee-jerk reactions, and sell-offs.
Barring unforeseen events, the stock market's next major hurdle won't come until next Friday. The PCE Price Index is due and may reveal a slowdown in inflation. The caveat is that, even with a substantial slowdown, the FOMC is unlikely to act until later in the year. The impact of tariffs won't begin to show until the following month and will likely underpin a price increase. The takeaway is that the FOMC is unlikely to cut interest rates soon or substantially in 2025 due to the uncertainties and underlying fundamental economic resilience without a significant change in the data or other indication of imminent financial collapse. Featured: The $7 company helping Nvidia build the world’s first trillion-dollar robot … (Ad) 
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Stocks | | | Wall Street slumped on Wednesday under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S. government’s spiraling debt and other concerns. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% for a second straight drop after breaking a six-day winning streak. The Dow Jones In... Read the Full Story |
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The quarterly 13F filing season is a goldmine for investors looking to uncover what some of the world’s top hedge funds and institutional managers are buying and selling. Filed with the SEC within 45 days after each quarter’s end, these disclosures provide a glimpse into the minds... Read the Full Story |
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Viking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VIK) is a relative newcomer to investors. The cruise line, known for its longships and child-free cruises, completed its initial public offering (IPO) in April 2024. The company just reported its first-quarter earnings for 2025. The results show a company th... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The world's sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries, most notably China, leaving the global economy vulnerable to supply cutoffs that could disrupt industry and hit consumers with higher prices, a report said Wednesday.The Paris-based International Energy A... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Germany's economy will stagnate this year as the country faces headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade threats, the government's panel of independent economic advisers said Wednesday.Germany has Europe's biggest economy, but hasn't seen significant economic growth in five year... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | After a few years of being under the gun of scrutiny and negative headlines, shares of Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) might be ready to lift into new heights in the coming months. This unlikely candidate has made new headlines that likely appeared across investors’ monitors and wires, with some ne... Read the Full Story |
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Recent upward momentum in Applied Digital's (NASDAQ: APLD) stock has drawn investors' attention to its role as an emerging player in the critical artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure landscape.
This kind of market activity often reflects a growing awareness of a company’s strategic... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have been on an absolute tear in recent weeks.
They’re now up more than 40% since the first week of April, breaking through previous records and entering the rarefied four-figure price range.
While that kind of move tends to raise con... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Target’s challenge to revive sales and its status as a cheap chic retailer just got more complicated.The discounter announced on Wednesday that sales fell more than expected in the first quarter, and the retailer warned they will slip for all of 2025 year as its customers, worried over the impact of... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed over the war on Ukraine Read the Full Story |
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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